Pastoral Letter – East Anglia District Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse May 2021 Dear Friends, I sat down the other evening with Jean to watch the film A Long Way Down; loosely based upon the novel by Nick Hornby of the same name. It tells the story of four desperate characters…

Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse March 2021 Dear Friends, Some of you will recall that in my pastoral letter for February I suggested that the Season of Lent might be viewed as a season of the heart; a period set aside intentionally for the interior work of prayer, reflection, and spiritual…

Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse February 2021 Dear Friends, As I turn to write this letter for a new month; I am conscious that we are on the cusp of entering the season of Lent – a penitential season of prayerful preparation that leads to the momentous events of Holy Week…

Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse January 2021 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I am writing this letter on the first day of the New Year and I suspect that for many of us our festive celebrations and our marking of the New Year will have been somewhat muted in character given…

Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse December 2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I am aware that this is the last pastoral letter that I shall write in this calendar year of 2020 – a year that many of us will want to erase from our memory in view of the significant…

Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse November 2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I am writing this letter at the close of All Saints Day; a day when we remember that the Church is not simply the congregation of the faithful gathered in the present moment but the also the great congregation…

Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse October 2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, The people who know me well, my family and friends, would most likely say that I am a naturally optimistic person who tends to see the good in all situations and in the people, I meet. Whilst this may…

Pastoral Letter – East Anglia District Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse September 2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, ‘The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there.’ Thus, begins one of my favourite novels, the Go-Between, by LP Hartley, that tells the tale of a young boy called Leo…

Pastoral Letter – East Anglia District Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse August 2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, The other day Jean and I purchased new running shoes from a local running shop – the trip was long overdue as our existing shoes were already three years old and wearing rather…

Pastoral Letter – East Anglia District Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse 08:07:2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Some of you will remember that in the front garden of the District Manse stands a medium-sized horse chestnut tree but not all of you will know the story behind this specimen! The tree…